I have replaced gimp-print with the latest Slackware 11.0 testing version of gutenprint (gutenprint-5.0.0-i486-2.tgz).

This gives a welcome increase of printer drivers from 234 to 745.

The downside is that the dotpup in now several MB larger (19MB ).

I have also modified some settings in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf from suggestions by forum member OverDrive. The main change reduces the size of MaxLogSize from 200MB to a more reasonable 1MB.

Note: There is no uninstall feature in this dotpup. If you just want to test the dotpup without making any permanent changes, make sure you backup your pup001 or pup_save.3fs file before running it (might be a good idea to do the backup anyway )

Please report any problems or suggestions to the forum

Paul_________________Puppy unofficial tester (off and on) since v0.9.2Last edited by pakt on Fri 11 May 2007, 02:43; edited 3 times in total

Works fine on 2.0.1 live, no save file, with networked canon i560 but did not detect it automatically like the last version did. That was however on a wired network connection ant this test was on wireless.

I will keep a copy of both on my favorite dod-pups CD and find a list of the additional drivers on the second version. Looks like there are more brands of printers available on this one.

If so .. maybe you could reduce the size of the main dotpup by pulling out all the printer drivers into separate & smaller 'brand specific' drivers only dotpups AND modify the main dotpup to ask the user for 'brand & model' of printer he/she would like to have drivers downloaded for and have the main dotpup instigate the download and installing of the 'nominated' driver dotpup AFTER it has completed it's own install and setup..

This would perceivably reduce the main dotpup to a smaller size thus allowing us puppyites who only have 56k dialup internet access be able to keep our download limits down to more manageable amounts.. .. we won't have to spend a few hours downloading it if it be much smaller...

If so .. maybe you could reduce the size of the main dotpup by pulling out all the printer drivers into separate & smaller 'brand specific' drivers only dotpups AND modify the main dotpup to ask the user for 'brand & model' of printer he/she would like to have drivers downloaded for and have the main dotpup instigate the download and installing of the 'nominated' driver dotpup AFTER it has completed it's own install and setup..

This would perceivably reduce the main dotpup to a smaller size thus allowing us puppyites who only have 56k dialup internet access be able to keep our download limits down to more manageable amounts.. .. we won't have to spend a few hours downloading it if it be much smaller...

Yes, I agree - the size is the problem

I'm sure the package can be cut down quite a lot and the idea of making dotpups per printer brand might work. I haven't looked that closely at the files yet.

I would like to try to reduce the size of the package and maybe divide it up, but Barry has said that he wants to redo the whole printing system in Puppy, so I'm reluctant to do a lot of unnecessary work.

Hi weve been donated an old Deskjet 710c with massive print cartridges for the cybercafe . Weve downloaded a ppd from here. How would I add it to the list of printers this can work with? Were using a networked environment with a smoothwall server linked via static ip to a netgear dual print server (lpd protocol).

My printer Brother MFC-210C has got a CUPS-driver for Ubuntu and a script made by Bob Songs. I am trying to install Puppylinux 2.02 (swedish) or 2.12 english. Does someone know anything about Brother MFC210C and Puppylinux?

Hi weve been donated an old Deskjet 710c with massive print cartridges for the cybercafe . Weve downloaded a ppd from here. How would I add it to the list of printers this can work with? Were using a networked environment with a smoothwall server linked via static ip to a netgear dual print server (lpd protocol).

Just copy the .ppd file to /root, run the CUPS dotpup and the the installation program will find the .ppd, test it for correct syntax and install it for you.

My printer Brother MFC-210C has got a CUPS-driver for Ubuntu and a script made by Bob Songs. I am trying to install Puppylinux 2.02 (swedish) or 2.12 english. Does someone know anything about Brother MFC210C and Puppylinux?

You could try the Puppy Printer Wizard (in the menu) to see if it is included, otherwise the only info I can find is from this page: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Brother-MFC-210C
Brother has their own driver that you can download.

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